UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Tuesday, Dec 9

LONDON Dec 9 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 index is seen opening
24 to 25 points lower, or down 0.4 percent, on Tuesday, according to financial
bookmakers. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on

* The UK blue chip index ended down 1.1 percent at 6,672.15 point on Monday,
losing all the ground made after a 1 percent rise on Friday.

* Shanghai aluminium plumbed its lowest level since May on Tuesday as
growing overcapacity and the shaky outlook for demand in China curbed buying.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange slipped 0.4 percent to
$6,382.50 a tonne, its weakest in four sessions. It had lost 0.7 percent on
Monday.

* TESCO - The troubled British retailer has warned on full year
profit again. The firm said on Tuesday that on the basis of the changes and
investments made to date it now anticipates group trading profit for the
financial year ending February 2015 will not exceed 1.4 billion pounds ($2.2
billion).

* ASOS - Sales at the online retailer slowed in the three months to
the end of November. Asos said September and October were "challenging" but
sales have since gathered momentum and it had its biggest ever trading week over
cyber weekend in November.

* SOCO INTERNATIONAL - The oil explorer said on Tuesday its Te Giac
Trang field offshore Vietnam contained up to 949 million barrels of oil, with up
to 319 million barrels recoverable.

* FIRSTGROUP - Shares in the bus and train company rose 3.5 percent
to 112.70 pence on Monday. The Daily Express's market report on Tuesday
attributed the move to talk of a 150 pence-per-share takeover.
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